Blue Day Lily

This is my most recent painting, an abstraction of a day lily in my garden. It can be seen and purchased in my shop at Etsy, thanks for looking !!

www.heronkate.etsy.com

Floorcloth for Stagville Plantation

Entry hall of Bennehan house

Looking into the dining room.

Attaching tape to edges

I have just completed a large floorcloth for the Bennehan House entry hall at the Historic Stagville Plantation in Durham, NC. It is 9 feet wide by 11 1/2 feet long. It's a colonial design with white and dark gray marbelized squares and accents in an historic gold color.

The first photo is of the entry hall.

The next photo is a view of the floorcloth looking into the dining room. The color in the floorcloth coordinates with the dining room walls.

The last photo shows me with my assistant , Ducka Kelly, attaching non-skid rug tape to the edges.

If you live near Durham, be sure to make a trip to this lovely historic site.

Two new paintings

These are my newest work. The luna moth is a painting/collage and the Summer City painting is more abstract than usual, I like it a lot and am planning to do more work in this direction soon.

They are for sale in my shop on Boundless Gallery.

Painted Floor

This is a kitchen floor that I painted for a client last week. The design of poppies is done with a series of stencils that I designed and cut. The poppies are from a design by William Morris. 

First I primed the floor and painted the background, then I added the pattern with stencils and some hand painting. Then I painted the border, and after everything dried, I put on three coats of Varathane Diamond floor finish. Very durable and easy to keep clean. I hope they're dancing on it tonight!

Floorcloth with trees

This is a floorcloth that I recently finished for a client's powder room. The bold colors and design coordinate with the lovely artwork on the walls, black and white drawings and silk screen prints. The towels are green.

The floorcloth gives the area a focal point and ties together all the elements in the room. The room is small so I couldn't get a photo of the whole thing!

New Orleans Datura

The datura is one of my favorite plants. The huge white flowers open at night and have a wonderful fragrance. The bushes grow very tall, especially in warm climates. I painted this picture for a client who saw datura growing way over her head on a trip to New Orleans. 

The Oldest House in Pittsboro

This is a painting of the oldest house in Pittsboro.  It's locally known as the "Yellow House" and it was built in 1787 by Patrick St. Lawrence.   I painted it for a show at our Arts Council gallery called Chatham county history. It is 20 x 24 inches, painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. 

Four for $35.00 or Less - Framed original paintings

Today I'm listing four of my mini-paintings.  These are original acrylic paintings on canvas.  They are all framed with frames that I have found at local thrift shops and recycled. 

 They can be purchased in my Etsy shop.

                                       "The Road"

                                        "Blue Eyed Luna Moth"

                                                 "Iris"

                                     "Tile Roofs"

New Life for Old Pots

These pots are on a ledge above a stairway in a clients home. They were dark and boring

 so she asked me to decorate them. The colors go with the rugs and other pots in the room.

I decided to take photos of them in process, so here they are. 

Floorcloth, Painting, Fish

A few of the things I've been working on lately.

[This post edited Jan. 2012 - all these items have been sold]

DINOSAURS!

This week I have been painting a mural of dinosaurs in a local dinosaur bones and fossils museum. Children from local schools come to the museum and are fascinated with the petrified bones, vertebrae, and fossils of fish, plant life, and many other interesting items. The big dinosaur is over 8 feet high, and that is about one tenth of his actual size! 

Painted table

This table was brought to me by a client. She got it from an uncle and it had sentimental value for her so she wanted it to be painted as a focal point in a bathroom, using bright colors . 

Here are "before and after" photos. I enjoy projects like this, they are a form of recycling! 

I wonder how her uncle would have liked it !